A L Oakley Cemetery

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A L Oakley Cemetery

Location: Moores Mill Road (SR 1737) beside Winchester Road (SR 1768)
Directions: From Roxboro, take 501S to left on Red Mountain Road (Durham County) to left on Moores Mill Road. Pass Person County line and cross bridge, pass Rassie Crabtree Road (SR 1736) cemetery is on right bank of road beside Winchester Road.
Access: Semi-maintained and near the road.
Survey: Oct 2004 by Ken Dalton and Becky Farlow
GPS: 36 14 51.5 N 078 54 27.7 W

This cemetery appears to be just one maintained corner of a much larger periwinkle covered and wooded area with much disruption of burials and fieldstones.

Graves

1. Martha Monk / wife of / A L OAKLEY / Age 83 Years / Forever with the Lord / (fs) MMO / ( no birth or death dates on this stone)

2. A L OAKLEY / Age 56 Years / Weep not, he is at rest / (fs) ALO / (no birth or death dates on this stone)

3. Airy MONK / Died 1885 / Age about 70 years /

4. Lizzie P / dau of / JH & ME / CRABTREE / Mar 1, 1901 / Mar 19, 1901 / Budded on earth to bloom in heaven / (fs) LPC /

5. Johnnie M / son of / JH & ME / CRABTREE / Feb 12, 1896 / Mar 28, 1896 / Our loved one / (fs) JMC /

6. Martha E / dau of / JH & ME / CRABTREE / Nov 25, 1915 / Dec 7, 1915 / Asleep in Jesus / (fs) MEC /

CRABTREE (four-sided stone)
7. J H Crabtree / July 30, 1862 / May 12, 1925 / He died as he lived / a Christian / (fs) JHC /
8. Martha E / wife of / J H Crabtree / May 25, 1873 / July 10, 1957 / She died as she lived / a Christian / (fs) MEC /
9. GENTRY / Lucius J / Mar 30, 1926 / Dec 25, 1990 / We miss you now, our hearts are sore / As time goes by, we miss you more / Your lovely smile, your gentle face / No one can fill your vacant place. / (fs) Lucius Jones GENTRY / S SGT US ARMY / World War 2 / Mar 30, 1926 - Dec 25, 1990 /

RHEW (double stone )
10. W A RHEW / Aug 25, 1853 / Jun 1, 1932 / He was a cheerful giver / (fs) WAR /
11. Loedeamia Oakley / his wife / Jul 3, 1860 / June 1833 / (fs) LOR /

Ten or more fieldstones in line with these. We have not yet explored the large wooded area of periwinkle beyond the farm road cut through periwinkle.

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